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You guys still use Spotify ?🏃
Unlimited music, podcasts, free audiobooks, works natively on linux (something most others don't), only $15 AUD a month (which is about 1 subway meal so not a lot), European company, gives billions to artists every year... etcetc
Why wouldn't I use Spotify?
Out of all the music streaming services, spotify pays artists the least. A Qobuz subscription costs less, and they pay ~10x more to artists per listen.
Spotify is also an evil company, using their profits to promote right wing podcasts (like the Joe Rogan one), to pay for pro-israeli stuff, and to subsidize AI and surveillance companies.
Actually they pay the most
They pay the artists very little per listen. They have more subscribers, that is why their total payout is still bigger than their competitors.
Their CEO supports a company that bombs kids in Gaza. Should I say more? Because there's more.
No because you have no ability to do basic research but good job ONCE AGAIN on not being able to do anything without spreading gaza propaganda.
Jesus christ, 2 second search and you could have found this
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/is-helsing-involved-in-gaza-or-ljCE96ZsS.eApN7r3KIRIA#0
https://aimagazine.com/news/why-high-profile-musicians-are-starting-to-boycott-spotify ****
Been a month still here?
I have no idea who these bands are
How are the audiobooks free?
Oh! They recently added audiobooks to the main app, every month I get 15 hours to listen to audiobooks included free with the subscription! that's pretty cool :)
That's cool that they're included now but I imagine you're paying for the subscription so it seems funny to advertise them as being free.
Well I mean I pay for Spotify because I listen to a shitload of music, I would probably be #1 in all of Lemmy easily, podcasts and audiobooks are just nice things to have for me :)